"Of course I should say where he really did die.

Where was that, by the way ?" "I really did not hear.

Abroad, I understood your father to say." "Was he delicate, then, that he had to go away?
How old was he, doctor ?" "Upon my word, he was so seldom at home, and, when he was, I saw so little of him, that my memory is very hazy about him altogether.

He can't have been more than a boy of fifteen or sixteen, I should say.

By the way, Roger, how does the new cob do ?" "Middling.